Vol 40 No 17 | NIGERIA Obasanjo's one hundred days 27th August 1999 President Obasanjo moves with surprising speed against patronage but the inevitable clouds loom For now, it is no longer business as usual in Nigeria. In just three months, President Olusegun Obasanjo's whisk broom of reform has swept away the notoriously parasitical...
Vol 63 No 1 | NIGERIA President Buhari vetoes electoral bill, challenging National Assembly 24th December 2021 Opposition parties fight back after presidency rejects voter reform as activists mobilise on fuel subsidy and spate of deadly attacks The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is bracing itself for a series of battles in the new year over election rules, fuel subsidies and spending cuts which could... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 24 | NIGERIA Shooting the messengers 2nd December 2021 The row over the shootings at Lekki toll gate in Lagos a year ago is set to spill into the campaign for national elections in 2023. After an...
Vol 64 No 12 | NIGERIA Shell holds up clean-up payments in graft row 26th May 2023 Sacked director of Ogoniland project spells out corruption concerns in rebuke to environment ministry Shell is withholding payments towards the Ogoniland clean-up until it sees a full accounting for the disputed contracts issued to date, Africa Confidential has learned from sources in... READ FOR FREE
Vol 49 No 18 | NIGERIA Unhealthy talk 5th September 2008 The rumours of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s demise reverberating around Nigeria’s mobile phone networks over the past week were assuredly exaggerated, a combination of misinformation and idle political...